Work & commute · Plover

Work & commute in Plover, IA

Most working residents leave Plover for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Laurens (38%), Pocahontas (8%) and Swea City (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24 Plover residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plover.

24live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plover goes to work

Laurens11.6 mi away

38%9

Pocahontas9.9 mi away

8%2

Swea City38.4 mi away

4%1

Glidden56.8 mi away

4%1

Emmetsburg16.7 mi away

4%1

Hiawatha159.8 mi away

4%1

Monticello180.5 mi away

4%1

Osceola134.3 mi away

4%1

Boone68.8 mi away

4%1

Clear Lake65.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%5

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Plover commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

54%

38%

0%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plover are

22 jobs are based in Plover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Plover

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities86%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Plover residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+267%

Jobs based in Plover, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.